Charges filed in abuse, drug case

Police said a Muncie man had cocaine in his pants pocket when he was arrested on allegations he had punched his girlfriend in the back of the head.

Casey Lee Jones, 48, was formally charged Friday with domestic battery and possession of cocaine. The Muncie man was arrested about 2 a.m. Tuesday after police were called to his accuser's home, in the 2000 block of South Mulberry Street.

Jones was charged with dealing in cocaine in 2005, but he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, unlawful possession of a legend drug, in 2007. He was also convicted of driving while suspended in 2005.